HEALING CREATIONS MANDALA ART, MINDFULNESS & MEDITATION

BY PATRICIA FITZGERALD

“THE WORLD IS FULL OF MAGIC THINGS, PATIENTLY WAITING FOR OUR SENSES TO GROW SHARPER.”– W.B. YEATS

Patricia Fitzgerald is a Mandala Artist based in Dublin, Ireland. Her work is created intuitively, working with the energies of the person she is creating for or with the energies being channeled at any given time. She also often works with Sacred Geometry as a base; then incorporates the energies within that geometry. Patricia’s work is aesthetically very beautiful and is also an extraordinarily powerful meditation tool, aiding in the expansion of consciousness. Both her original work and limited edition prints are available to be shipped to around the world from Ireland.

From the classical Indian language of Sanskrit, the word Mandala can be loosely translated to mean circle. But the Mandala is far more than just a simple shape. It embodies wholeness, representing the structure of life itself, a cosmic diagram that shows us our relatedness to the infinite, that which extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds. The Mandala can be seen as a container for essence, energy or spirit. A journey into the self and to the connectedness with all that is.

The drawing of Mandalas as well as being an artistic practice is a meditative and spiritual exercise, bringing much peace and a sense of wellbeing. Mandalas are amazing tools for deepening the meditation experience and expanding consciousness.

How to meditate with Mandala:

Choose a mandala that you feel drawn to.

Sitting comfortably with your back straight with the mandala approximately an arms length away, gently gaze at the mandala, allowing your focus to relax so that the image gradually blurs.

For about 5 minutes or longer, meditate on the centre of the mandala allowing its geometry to bring your mind into a state of balance. This is the space where the ego self becomes less active.
Five minutes is a good minimum time to sit with your mandala, but longer is encouraged.

When you feel ready, shift your awareness elsewhere and enjoy the deep inner equilibrium that remains.

Mandalas promote mindfulness, encourage peace and tranquility in the viewer’s mind and home.

Psychologists, neurologists and researchers have found that by stimulating both sides of the brain (which mandala art is doing) our thought process becomes clearer, stress reduces, blood pressure lowers and the list goes on.

This happens both in the creation process and by viewing or meditating upon the piece.

Patricia combines the craft of Mandala with meditation and mindfulness practices, offering an innovative and powerfully transformative experience. She is an experienced facilitator of mandala art, mindfulness and meditation workshops and retreats in Ireland and abroad.

Meet Patricia Fitzgerald:

Patricia was a Senior Librarian and Arts Officer with South Dublin Libraries in Ireland for over 27 years until she changed her career in 2017 to pursue her art and meditation practice full time. She studied Visual Education and Communication at Dun Laoghaire College of Art & Design (IADT) and also holds a first class honours degree in Philosophy and Sociology from University College, Dublin where she was also awarded a post graduate scholarship.

She hosts workshops and retreats both in Ireland and abroad on the Mindful Art of the Mandala & Meditation. She practices mandala and mindfulness techniques daily in her own life and holds a professional certificate in the Therapeutic Use of Mindfulness.

Her first book Healing Creations: Discover your mindful self through mandala colouring and journaling (Collins Press 2016) contains forty hand drawn mandalas for you to engage with, positive quotations and wisdom from many of the world’s best thinkers plus meditation. It is available in all good bookstores in Ireland and globally on Amazon.

From Patricia:

A little of my story.

In December 2012, I was not sleeping. I was stressed out, losing my temper and basically worrying all day. I was in the midst of going through massive and unexpected changes in life. I was not doing well. Through a mind blowing series of coincidences and synchronicities, I came to discover the art of mandala. To begin with it calmed me. It let me come to a realization that I could only control what was in my sphere of control and the rest I had to trust. And to be okay with that. I was unaware of the journey that mandalas would lead me on, and it was only after things had settled that I began to research and come to understand what it was that I had been intuitively doing. Mandalas started me on a massive spiritual awakening, a word that was not in my vocabulary prior to these events. The journey continues and gets more fascinating with each and every day. Mandalas hold such power, the power to calm, to heal and to connect deeply to the self yet at the same time, to something much bigger than ourselves.

KOSHI CHIMES

The Koshi chime is an authentic musical instrument, an original creation of high quality.

Hand made in the Koshi workshop at the foot of the Pyrenean mountains, each chime is the result of meticulous craftsmanship.

The Koshi chime is deep in sound, rich in overtones and has a long resonance.

It is primarily a musical instrument but by its natural and elegant design it invites itself into every decor.

You can move the chime gently holding it by its cord: the crystalline relaxing sound may leave you in quiet wonder. Suspended, it will play with the wind and carry you away in an unexpected melody.

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The Creation of a Koshi:

Eight chime-rods are welded with silver into the metal plate at the base of the resonance tube. Precise tuning creates a play of clear tones that is rich in overtones. The overtones of the shorter rods gradually dominate and become fundamentals, thus forming a circular tone range.

The cylinder, a resonance tube of high acoustic quality, is made in our workshop with thin layers of bamboo and is treated with natural oil. Bamboo is used since ancient times for musical instruments. The cylinder is 6,3 cm in diameter and 16,5 cm high.

With 30 years of experience and ever passionate about musical sound, Kabir created the Koshi® chime, improving on his previous invention the Shanti® chimes. The Koshi chime has already won the hearts of many sound lovers around the planet.

“I would like to share with you the Koshi experience and invite you to listen and be touched by sound” – Kabir

NATURALLY DRIVEN SKINCARE

Old Factory is a plant based perfumery offering pure, natural, high quality products handmade in Blanco, Texas.

They aim to create the best, most nourishing natural skincare & home goods on the market. With fresh, colorful packaging coupled with the botanical based aesthetics of their products, they are inspired by the natural world around them in the Texas Hill Country.

Old Factory specializes in artisan handmade soap and natural skincare but they also create a variety of other popular products including unique kitchen & home items.

NATURALLY DRIVEN
Simple ingredients in their purest forms. High quality recipes fit for kings and queens, but priced for the people. Just read their ingredients. Their formulations were designed as powerful support for your skin. They will never compromise quality for price, and they’ll never sink to low marketing tricks such as adding tiny percentages of decadent oils just to get it on their labels. They are the natural soap company you’ve been looking for!

ARTISANAL PACKAGING
Did you know that all of Old Factory’s soap sampler boxes are handmade right in their shop? They’ve always been. In fact most of their packaging is designed, printed, and constructed right in-house. Beginning with a pencil and paper, their designs come from their heart, and their quest for truth & beauty. Look closely. Their packaging can also be recycled or reused. Besides reducing waste and allowing them to be more creative, they feel that it brings them closer to everything they send out into the world.

MASTER CRAFTED
True artisanal quality. Beyond their beautiful packaging is an even more beautiful product made with recipes refined for years. Combining extensive research, intuitive and folk knowledge, with fine wholesome ingredients – Old Factory’s master perfumer seeks to tell stories & teach lessons through creative aromatherapy. Working with the ever changing natural world around them, their line is constantly evolving – watch for limited edition’s and house-crafted aromas extracted from local Texas plants.

Meet Jonathan Savoie:

Intuitive perfumer Jonathan Savoie founded Old Factory to explore himself and the world around him through frequency in all forms.

Inspired by nature and the quest for higher truth and beauty, he weaves aromatic tales from pure plants essences, botanical extracts, and organic oils.

Along with each scent profile, you can find an his original illustrations that helps to express the story.

About Madeline Novak:

For Madeline Novak, an artist with severe skin allergies, Old Factory was a necessity. When she founded Old Factory there were no other skincare products on the market that were both mild enough for her sensitive skin and healing enough to soothe the effects of living in a chemical filled world.

Exploring the world of natural and herbal medicine, she takes a healing approach to their creations.

Madeline also runs the administrative side of Old Factory and fosters relationships with local herbalists, wild crafters, growers, and farmers to supply Old Factory with the freshest, and highest quality ingredients possible.

Check out all of Old Factory’s pure, natural, high quality handmade products here.

UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL WITHIN

Sacred Keys are incenses, oils, and sprays that can be used to help you develop a personal energetic practice and to help you build a connection to divine guidance.

At Sacred Keys, we sincerely believe that it is essential to develop a daily practice of self-care that is energetically aligned with the elements and the unseen world around us. We have a lifetime of experience building a relationship with nature and the otherworld. We feel compelled to create energetically aligned, natural products for you to use to maintain balance as you journey through personal transformation. Our products are well-suited for devotional practice and self-development.

We take the time to carefully select quality herbs, oils, and crystals for their specific energetic associations and then we spend time with them to develop the intended purpose of the product. We then craft the Sacred Key in alignment with the cycle of the moon and seasons that is most appropriate for the energy of the product. We are inspired to create products based on the needs of others.

We do make custom order incenses, oils, sprays, and even moon flower essences. If there is something you would like us to make and you don’t see it in our store send a message to Izzy@transformationreiki.com and we will do our best to meet your needs. – Izzy Swanson

Meet Izzy Swanson:

Izzy Swanson specializes in healing soul wounds caused by trauma, PTSD, and addiction. She frequently works with clients who have autoimmune disorders, adrenal fatigue, and other stress-related health issues. Using Reiki energy and the Feileacan Trauma Release Technique™, Izzy guides and mentors her clients as they begin to rediscover lost or broken pieces of their souls. By creating calm, comfortable, and restful spaces, Izzy helps people feel safe as they engage in the deeper work of healing past wounds. She considers it her sacred task to guard and protect individuals while helping them work toward becoming whole again.

Izzy has been practicing Earth-based spirituality for more than 20 years. She is a Certified Medical Reiki Master and an ordained minister attuned to the master level in Traditional Usui Reiki and Usui Holy Fire Reiki. Izzy created the Guardian Method and The Feileacan Trauma Release Technique™. She is also the founder of The Order of the Crows, a priesthood tradition honoring the Morrigan.

As a Reiki practitioner and teacher, Izzy believes it essential to empower others to heal themselves; she provides clients and students with the necessary tools and techniques to build a daily practice of spiritual self-care.

Driven by her desire to be of service to others, Izzy offers courses in Energetic Safety, the Guardian Method, Reiki, and the Feileacan Trauma Release Technique™. She also facilitates drum journey circles and meditation groups. Her Sacred Keys line of natural sprays, oils, and incenses supports the energetic of this soul work. Izzy believes that with time, love, and support, our capacity for healing and transformation is truly limitless.

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